transalta corp. - TAC

TAC

Close Chg Chg %
12.64 0.36 2.85%

Closed Market

13.00

+0.36 (2.85%)

Volume: 1.16M

Last Updated:

Jan 2, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: transalta corp. - TAC

TAC Key Data

Open

$12.73

Day Range

12.71 - 13.04

52 Week Range

7.83 - 17.88

Market Cap

$3.75B

Shares Outstanding

296.70M

Public Float

295.15M

Beta

0.74

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

N/A

EPS

-$0.47

Yield

144.48%

Dividend

$0.05

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Feb 27, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.20M

 

TAC Performance

1 Week
 
1.40%
 
1 Month
 
-7.40%
 
3 Months
 
-10.02%
 
1 Year
 
-8.25%
 
5 Years
 
71.54%
 

TAC Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 11
Full Ratings ➔

About transalta corp. - TAC

TransAlta Corp. engages in the generation and distribution of electricity through wind, hydro, gas and coal power plants. It operates through the following business segments: Hydro, Wind and Solar, Gas, Energy Transition, Energy Marketing, and Corporate. The Hydro, Wind and Solar, Gas and Energy Transition business segments are responsible for operating and maintaining the company's electrical generation facilities in Canada, Australia, and the US. The Energy Marketing segment is responsible for marketing and scheduling the company's merchant asset fleet outside of Alberta along with procurement of gas, transport and storage to the company's gas fleet, providing intellectual knowledge to support the company's growth team, and generating a stand-alone gross margin separate from the company's asset business through a North American energy marketing platform. The company was founded by William Maxwell Aitken in 1909 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

TAC At a Glance

TransAlta Corp.
1100 1 Street SE
Calgary, Alberta T2G 1B1
Phone 1-403-267-2500 Revenue 2.04B
Industry Electric Utilities Net Income 167.16M
Sector Utilities Employees 1,205
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025
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TAC Valuation

P/E Current N/A
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 33.043
Price to Sales Ratio 2.093
Price to Book Ratio 7.523
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 7.35
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 10.582
Enterprise Value to Sales 3.863
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.402

TAC Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 1,692,508.92
Income Per Employee 138,720.309
Receivables Turnover 3.824
Total Asset Turnover 0.31

TAC Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.69
Quick Ratio 0.638
Cash Ratio 0.158

TAC Profitability

Gross Margin 41.589
Operating Margin 15.712
Pretax Margin 11.238
Net Margin 8.196
Return on Assets 2.538
Return on Equity 14.049
Return on Total Capital 3.813
Return on Invested Capital 4.506

TAC Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 261.111
Total Debt to Total Capital 72.308
Total Debt to Total Assets 47.995
Long-Term Debt to Equity 402.488
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 51.324
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Annual Financials for Transalta Corp. - TAC

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
2.16B 2.19B 3.04B 2.04B
Sales Growth
+47.51% +1.42% +38.73% -32.89%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
1.43B 1.53B 1.36B 1.19B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
599.01M 497.75M 495.67M 424.10M
Depreciation
- - - -
-
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
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COGS Growth
+16.12% +6.83% -10.72% -12.66%
Gross Income
729.82M 662.90M 1.68B 848.20M
Gross Income Growth
+213.75% -9.17% +152.71% -49.37%
Gross Profit Margin
+33.79% +30.26% +55.12% +41.59%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
281.56M 101.39M 223.76M 501.47M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
281.56M 101.39M 223.76M 501.47M
SGA Growth
-31.95% -63.99% +120.68% +124.12%
Other Operating Expense
25.52M 25.35M 21.49M 26.28M
Unusual Expense
624.54M 244.27M (283.77M) (16.06M)
EBIT after Unusual Expense
(201.80M) 291.89M 1.71B 336.51M
Non Operating Income/Expense
74.18M 155.93M (892.06M) 90.51M
Non-Operating Interest Income
8.77M 18.44M 43.71M 21.90M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
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Interest Expense
182.65M 183.58M 172.63M 197.82M
Interest Expense Growth
+14.48% +0.51% -5.97% +14.59%
Gross Interest Expense
193.82M 195.87M 214.86M 209.49M
Interest Capitalized
11.17M 12.29M 42.23M 11.68M
Pretax Income
(310.27M) 264.24M 649.04M 229.20M
Pretax Income Growth
-36.90% +185.16% +145.63% -64.69%
Pretax Margin
-14.36% +12.06% +21.36% +11.24%
Income Tax
35.89M 147.48M 62.24M 58.40M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
44.67M 49.93M 37.05M 104.38M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(8.77M) 97.55M 25.19M (45.99M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
(338.99M) 123.67M 589.77M 174.46M
Minority Interest Expense
89.33M 85.26M 74.83M 7.30M
Net Income
(428.32M) 38.41M 514.93M 167.16M
Net Income Growth
-100.18% +108.97% +1,240.74% -67.54%
Net Margin Growth
-19.83% +1.75% +16.94% +8.20%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
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Net Income After Extraordinaries
(428.32M) 38.41M 514.93M 167.16M
Preferred Dividends
31.11M 35.33M 37.79M 37.96M
Net Income Available to Common
(459.43M) 3.07M 477.15M 129.20M
EPS (Basic)
-1.6953 0.0113 1.7288 0.4278
EPS (Basic) Growth
-86.11% +100.67% +15,199.12% -75.25%
Basic Shares Outstanding
271.00M 271.00M 276.00M 302.00M
EPS (Diluted)
-1.6953 0.0113 1.7288 0.4278
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-86.11% +100.67% +15,199.12% -75.25%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
271.00M 271.00M 276.00M 302.00M
EBITDA
1.02B 1.03B 1.93B 744.55M
EBITDA Growth
+148.27% +1.19% +86.25% -61.33%
EBITDA Margin
+47.30% +47.19% +63.36% +36.51%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 17.568
Number of Ratings 11 Current Quarters Estimate 0.058
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 0.306
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.085 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.46 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 0.50
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 2 2 7 7
Mean Estimate 0.06 0.16 0.31 0.50
High Estimates 0.09 0.19 0.48 1.11
Low Estimate 0.03 0.13 0.17 0.31
Coefficient of Variance 76.91 27.25 37.82 54.75

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 8 8 9
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 2 2 1
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 1
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Buy

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